Coming Untrue

True confession: I haven’t actually written 88 previous instalments under this title in our blog’s history, but I may as well have: 89 is ...

“Is there an NT equivalent for sackcloth and ashes? If so, how should we practice it?” The expression “sackcloth and ashes” occurs in on...

David French’s laughable assertion that US society has become increasingly fair and just as women have gained political power (presumably...

Othniel led an army to drive out Israel’s oppressors in his generation. Ehud used a successful solo mission to raise an army to do the sam...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Nate at PracticalWorship has decided to “ termina...

Where is Kodak these days? Remember that company? It used to have its name on most of the cameras and film that you saw around. Kodak was ...

Transitioning from one stage of life to another is never easy. Aging is part of that, certainly, but it’s not the entire thing. For exam...

“Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age , who are doomed to pass a...

“Is it unloving to confront somebody about his sin?” As in so many situations Christians encounter in this life, motive is more importan...

I said I would. Here it is. There’s little point in referencing a controversial thesis, let alone siding with its author, if you decline...

Bible students online differ concerning the extent to which Samson was truly heroic or any kind of role model for believers. The four chap...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Editor’s Note: This post was our first together, p...

I was baptized young. Not so young that I did not know what I was doing. After all, I believe in believer baptism only  … just like th...

Discussions about masculine vs. feminine tendencies in any area of life produce polarized reactions these days. One pole insists there are...

A lengthy illustration will probably serve me best here. If you doze off, I sympathize. I’ll probably still tell the whole thing though. ...

“Does a Christian marriage have to be romantic?” Men and women born much prior to the ‘Summer of Love’ — like, say, those who managed to...

Cognitive dissonance exists because it’s possible for otherwise-intelligent men and women to hold two points of view at the same time that...

The story of Samson is full of miraculous events. The narrative has a big, mythical quality to it: the robust young hero smiting his enemi...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. In an article appropriately entitled “ Premarital S...

Back in the early 1990s, The Humanist magazine interviewed the famous producer Gene Roddenberry, creator of the TV show Star Trek . The f...